"The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) recently and officially voiced concern that "Airline pilots increasingly lack 'basic flying skills' and may be unable to cope with an inflight emergency such as sudden mechanical failure." The union warns that pilots are becoming too reliant on automated systems and are not being encouraged or trained to fly manually"
Interesting article about Airline pilots becoming to reliant on automation.
Full article here:
http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/new...glass_0206.xml